First Thursdays of the Month- Free Legal Clinic, 2-4:30 PM; Belmar Public Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway; A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil protection orders; 303-235-5275.

Descendants of Sand Creek, Wednesday – Friday 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM/Saturday 11:00 – 4:00 PM; Through December 24 Native American Trading Company 213 W. 13th Avenue; “Descendants of Sand Creek”- the works of Cheyenne and Arapaho artists Brent Learned, George Levi, Nathan Hart, BJ Stepp and Merlin Little Thunder. They work in several different medium in remembrance of their Sand Creek ancestors; ww.nativeamericantradingco.com

Don Morreale book signing and presentation, 7:30 PM; West Side Books, 3434 W. 32nd Ave; Local author Don Morreale will read from and sign copies of his new book, Cowboys, Yogis, and One-Legged Ski Bums; The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Coloradans. Joining Don will be people from the West Side neighborhood whose stories appear in his book.

November 8

BookBar Local Author Meet and Greet, 5:00 PM; BookBar Denver, 4280 Tennyson St; Join local Denver authors to discuss their works and enjoy half off any drink; bookbardenver.com

Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Skinner Volleyball Fundraiser. 8 to 10:30 am. $4 per person. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in the main office. 720-424-1420.

America’s Hot Spots: Our Volcanic Legacy: Narrated live by filmmaker Gray Warriner, 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM; Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway; Gray Warriner’s high-definition tour of some of America’s most majestic scenery is presented, where even underground, the land is alive; $7, www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents, 303-987-7845 or at the Box Office

November 15

Chess Challenge-The Northwest Denver Neighborhood Chess Challenge will be held at Colfax Elementary School at 1526 Tennyson St. on Saturday, November 15 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registration is no-cost, but should be received by November 12. There will be three divisions: K-2 grade, 3-6 grade, and 7-12 grade. This is a non-elimination tournament. All players will participate in four rounds. Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each division, and participation awards will be given to all non-trophy winners. The tournament will take place in the gym. Snacks, fruit, and juice will be sold in the lunchroom. Volunteers, both with and without chess experience, are needed to help with the tournament. Donations to support the Colfax Elementary Chess Club would also be appreciated. Polo Garcia at 720-220-0343 or polo.garcia332@gmail.com; Tony Frank at 303-961-8340 or tonyfrank244@gmail.com.

November 17

Watercourse Foods for Walk Denver 11 a.m-10 p.m.-837 E. 17th How far would you walk for good food and a great cause? How about to Watercourse Foods at 17th and Emerson in Uptown? Stop by anytime between 11 am and 10 pm on Monday, November 17, and a portion of the sales will be donated to WalkDenver to support a more walkable Denver!

November 18

HUNI Hour at Rosa Linda 5:30 p.m. 2005 W. 33rd Ave. Mark your calendars! HUNI Hour is a week early in November so that we can rally behind Rosa Linda’s for their Rosa Linda’s Annual Thanksgiving Feast for the Needy. This is the month to bring your food items to HUNI Hour to donate for the feast. The most needed items include: Turkeys, Instant potatoes, Canned fruits, Rice, Bread, Canned vegetables, Stuffing mix, Cooking oil, Coffee, Disposable forks & knives.

Sundays – Every Bronco Sunday- Oriental Theater Broncos Series; Game Time; The Oriental Theater, 335 W 44th Ave. Come on down to the Oriental Theater and see the Broncos every game-day Sunday on the largest screen in Denver. Free to get in. Free shots every touchdown. No better way to see the game; (720) 420-0030

Sunnyside United Neighbors Inc. – Board Meeting every third Wednesday of the month; The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon St; Sunnysidedenver.org

Highland United Neighbors Inc. – Board Meeting every third Tuesday of the month; denverhighland.org for location.

Auditions

Les Mis–School Edition. Rising Curtain is producing their most challenging show yet as they Dream the Dream of “LES MISERABLES–School Edition”. Class is for students grade 7-12. Tuition is $395. 3995 Irving Street. (720) 308-2920 or visit www.thecurtainplayhouse.com.

Oct 19, Rock n Roll Marathon, Start time 7:15 AM; Begins and ends at Civic Center Park, (on the corner of 14th and Broadway); Marathon schedule: Half-marathon, 2 person half marathon relay, 10k and 5k options will all be offered to satisfy a variety of runner at any level. The route runs up Speer Blvd., goes along 29th Ave. to Clay Street, then follows 19th Ave. to Meade and 17th to Sheridan. North on Sheridan to Byron Place and then East to Vrain and 26th and over to Tennyson. Up Tennyson to 29th, over to Federal and then up to 32nd then back down to the Civic Center park. Expect road closure along the route from 6:00 -10:45 AM; For registration and more information, runrocknroll.competitor.com/

Oct 26, Dia De Los Muertos at the Botanic Gardens, 10 AM- 1:30 PM; The Denver Botanic Gardens, 1 007 York St; Discover the cultural traditions of Día de los Muertos with the whole family. Learn how to make and decorate sugar skulls while learning about the cultural significance of these important icons. Each person will make and take home two sugar skulls; $29 adult/child combo, $26 member adult/child combo, $13-$15 additional person (materials included); www.botanicgardens.org

Oct 27, Community Planning Meeting to Help our Elders; 6-8 p.m.; JVA 2465 Sheridan Blvd.; Build a Northwest Denver network of highly interactive multi-generational volunteers that focus on assisting our elders. Learn more about an organization, “A Little Help” and local community school partnerships through our Adopt-a-Grand program. Give as little or much time as you can, but come to the first planning meeting to learn more. Contact: Janine Vanderburg janine@jvaconsulting.com 303.477.4896

Oriental Theater Broncos Series ; Game Time; 4335 W 44th Ave. Come on down to the Oriental Theater and see the Broncos every game-day Sunday on the largest screen in Denver. Free to get in. Free shots every touchdown. No better way to see the game! (720) 420-0030

Through November 2- I Do! I Do; Fri/Sat at 7:30 PM; Sun at 2:30 PM; Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St; The touching story of two soul mates and their 50-year relationship; Tickets are $31 ($26 advance); Groups of 5+ $22 303-856-7830 or online at www.vintagetheatre.org

October 3-26- Over the River and Through the Woods; Fri/Sat at 7:30 PM; Sun at 6:30 PM; Shaver-Ramsey Showroom, 2414 East 3rd Ave; Nick has to break the news that he has been offered dream job…2000 miles from home in Hoboken. Watch his family go into full action to find a way to keep Nick at home; Tickets $28 Adult; $25 Student/Senior; 303-800-6578 or online at www.cherrycreektheatre.org

October 3 through November 30, Chihuly Nights; Denver Botanic Gardens; 909 York Street; 5:30-8pm; Offers a special viewing opportunity to experience the exhibition illuminated after dark; Tickets are limited and must be reserved in advance online. www.botanicgardens.org/chihulynights

October 3-November 8- Hamlet, Fri./ Sat.at 8 PM; The Betsy Stage, 1133 S. Huron St; Set in the summer in a pine forest in Eastern Europe, behind the circus tent sits the gypsy camp with its family of performers and musicians; the perfect place to tell our version of Hamlet.; Hamlet@BetsyStage.com or 720-328-5294; www.betsystage.com

October 3- November 8- Harold and Maude; Fri/Sat at 7:30 PM; Sun at 2:30 PM; Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St; Harold is the proverbial poor little rich kid. His peculiar attachment to Maude, whom he meets at a funeral (a mutual passion) is what saves him and what captivates us; Tickets, $26 ($21 advance); Groups of 6+ $18; 303-856-7830 or online at www.vintagetheatre.com

First Thursdays of the Month- Free Legal Clinic, 2-4:30 PM; Belmar Public Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway; A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil protection orders; 303-235-5275.

October 3

Denver English Country Dance, 8 – 11 PM; The Berkeley Community Church, 3701 West 50th Ave; These were the popular dances of the late Regency and early Victorian period, as chronicled in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility.; No partner or previous experience needed. Adults $10, teens/students, $6, family rate, $25.

Phil Goodstein Tours; Crown Hill Cemetery, 11:00 am–1:00 pm Gather at the parking lot along the main road of the graveyard, just west of the administration building along West 29th Avenue about two blocks west of Wadsworth. $10.00.

October 8

Free English Classes (ESL), 6-8 PM; Denver Friends Church, SE corner of 46th and Federal; Free English classes. Want to improve your English skills? Practice conversational English? Make friends with other Hispanics and native English speakers? Classes run through May 6th; Denver Friends Church SE corner of 46th and Federal. Margarita at 720-620-2192, amigosdedios.denver@gmail.com

El Brindis Remixed-Fall Exhibit Opening, 5-9 PM; Museo de las Americas, Museo de las Americas | 861 Santa Fe Drive; What do Tequila, Mezcal, Cereveza and Pulque all have in common? A toast, but of course. Features Photography from the 19th & 20th centuries that take a lighthearted, yet safe look at drinking within the Mexican culture; museo.org

Ghost Walk with Phil Goldstein, 7:00-9:00 PM; Meet in front of the Indian on the East Lawn of the Capitol (Along grant street in between Colfax and 14th); Learn about some of Denver’s most exciting ghost stories on this walk around historic downtown; Cost is $20.00

Oktoberfest, Local 46, 4586 Tennyson Street; 12:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.; 2nd Annual Oktoberfest in the Biergarten. Enjoy a Keg Tap Takeover with German beers and authentic Bavarian food. Family fun events from 12:00-6:00 and an all-day costume contest invites guests to “Dress Festive” in authentic Bavarian get ups. Bavarian band from 6:00-8:30, and clink steins til closing.

Book Launch Party, 5:30 PM; BookBar, 4280 Tennyson Street; Ashlee Bratton’s book launch party for Life Before the Lottery, bookbardenver.com

North High School Homecoming Parade & Chile Cookoff; 4:30 p.m.; 32nd & Perry Street.Neighborhood schools can march or have a float in the parade followed by Chile Competion. rebecca_caldwell@dpsk12.org or 720-424-1495

“10 Minute Film Challenge” Film Festival; 7:30-9:00 p.m.; LoHi Community Plaza 2620 16th Street; Film Festival-Watch student indi-flicks and documentaries created this summer. High school winner receives a $1000 College Scholarship. Contact: bashacohen@aol.com

September 27

Surviving to Thriving on your own, 9 AM-4 PM; Historic Grant Avenue Community Center, 216 S. Grant St; Join us for a day of inspiring speakers and creating friendships with women who are walking the same path of widowhood; deewarwick@gmail.com

Berkeley Businesses Meet-Up, 5:00 PM, BookBar, 4280 Tennyson Street; Opportunity for Berkeley business owners to meet one another and start a conversation that will open doors to future collaboration. info@bookbardenver.com

Blues Musician Sessions, 4:00-6:00 PM; ; Broadway Music School, 1940 S. Broadway; Beginner through intermediate musicians play the blues in a group with other blues enthusiasts; marcwilson2@comcast.net

HUNI – Highland United Neighbors Inc. – Board Meeting every third Tuesday of the month; denverhighland.org for location

Through September 27, Colroado Plein Air Arts Festival; Byers Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannok Street; Show will feature works by Kathy Imel, Will Spear, and Rhonda McCray, winners in the Emerging Artists category of the 2013 Colorado Plein Air Arts Festival; www.byersevanshousemuseum.org (303) 620-4933.

RTD Road Closure- Beginning as early as July 14th, RTD Gold Line/Westminster segment building will shut down 41st avenue between Fox and Elati Streets. The construction is scheduled to last for 20 days. This may affect the number 8 bus route. 303-299-6000 or www3.rtd-denver.com/elbert/RiderAlerts/index.cfm

MCA Friday Night Music. 5-9 PM; MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St. Happy Hour 5-7PM and live music 7-9PM. Joshua Novak with Claudine Rousseau will be featured at this week’s Museum of Contemporary Art’s Friday night music and drinking extravaganza. Admission to MCA Denver iS FREE for museum members and $5 after 5PM for non-members. MCADenver.org

In Technicolor. 6-9 PM. Walker Fine Art, The Prado Building at 11th and Cherokee. Retro, vibrant and full of meaning, artist Angela Beloian’s work explores the dualities experienced in daily life. Walkerfineart.com

LoHi First Friday Art Walk “Paseo del Arte” ; 5:00-9:00 p.m.-throughout LoHi. Special Art exhibition and sale on the LoHi Community Plaza, 2620 16th Street. Artists who would like to exhibit should contact daniel@danielchavezmurals.com or vanessa@shopgoldyn.com for consideration.

Tennyson Street First Friday Art Walk; Tennyson Street inbetween 38th and 44th Avenue; Art lovers from all over North Denver join to eat, drink and appreciate art at one of Denver’s oldest and best known art walks.

Of Mice and Men (Warped Tour). 11 AM. Sports Authority Field, 1701 Bryant St. World famous heavy rockers Of Mice and Men are coming through Denver with the whirlwind tour that is Warped. vanswarpedtour.com/dates/denver-co

BERKELEY – Arrupe Jesuit High School cafeteria, 4343 Utica Street. Our neighborhood is in transition. All neighbors welcome to attend this workshop to share your thoughts on current neighborhood redevelopment trends and a vision for the future of the Berkeley-Regis neighborhood. (BRUN is a Registered Neighborhood Organization in Denver and represents your issues and concerns to City Council. Please consider joining!)

DENVER, – Three offbeat tales from the old (and new) West, featuring a gun-slinging ghost, multi-ethnic romance on the range and women’s empowerment, Colorado-style.

Stories on Stage presents “Way Out West” Saturday, January 18 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204. Tickets are available online at www.storiesonstage.org or by calling 303-494-0523. Single tickets are $28 Adult/ $15 Student; tickets for groups of 10 or more are $23 per person and LoDough (scholarship) tickets are also available.

Bienvenidos Food Bank will host a special movie screening of A Place at the Table, Friday, November 15th, at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Theater (2644 W. 32nd Ave., Denver, CO 80211). This critically acclaimed documentary by the makers of Food Inc., examines hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity — including Rosie, a Colorado fifth- grader.

This month SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits for millions of families are being reduced and deeper cuts of up to 39 billion dollars are now being proposed by Congress. This film presentation hopes to raise awareness on the issue of hunger and help raise funds for Bienvenidos Food Bank’s own hunger relief programs. City Councilwoman Robin Kneich will host.

Bienvenidos Food Bank provides food assistance more than 850 times every month to families here in Northwest Denver and has recently expanded its programs with a new Mobile Pantry to bring food directly to high-need neighborhoods.

Tickets are only $10 and available at www.BienvenidosFoodBank.org or by calling 303-433-6328. Drinks, reception and a silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m.

Buntport Theater opens their 13th season with their latest original creation, Electra Onion Eater, a comic retelling of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Electra. The play is set in the 1970s, and interacts with a televised soap opera that two of the characters are watching, but somehow still manages to stay true to the basic plot elements of the original. For the complete review, visit our website at www.NorthDenverTribune.com.